Li Xuefu is now extrely flustered.
The Li family seems to be heading toward decline, but it’s happening gradually. If they can find the right person, there might still be a chance to reverse this downfall. But now, Qin Liuxi has said there’s a problem with the tribute; the tea leaves carry resentful energy. Once this reaches the Saint’s ears, the extinction of the entire nine tribes might not be enough.
He has no idea if Qin Liuxi would report this, and it’s impossible to kill her to keep it quiet.
The disparity in power is too great!
Li Xuefu is filled with regret.
"Are you thinking of killing to keep it quiet?" Qin Liuxi looked at Li Xuefu with amusent.
Li Xuefu turned pale and imdiately knelt on the ground, saying, "Mr. Li wouldn’t dare."
"It’s not that you don’t dare; you just don’t have the confidence. If you thought you could kill , you would probably keep us here." Qin Liuxi sneered at him.
Li Xuefu was sweating profusely and said, "You really know how to joke."
This woman can see right through people!
Qin Liuxi said, "Stop dawdling, let’s go to the tea mountain on Jade Mist’s side."
Li Xuefu forced a smile, got up from the ground, and arranged for a carriage to take them to the tea mountain. He didn’t dare ask Qin Liuxi to first check on his sick, bedridden son.
On the way, to calm his anxiety, Li Xuefu mustered the courage to ask Qin Liuxi, "How did the tea leaves get resentful energy? What happens if soone drinks it?"
"Resentful energy is highly evil. When evil energy enters the body, the most imdiate discomfort is physical—continuous minor illnesses and pains. If one’s yang energy is strong and they don’t drink it often, it’s not a big concern. Sun exposure and temple prayers can also dispel evil. But if their yang energy is weak, the evil energy will enter the body, causing sickness and bad luck, making them see things that they normally wouldn’t, and easily attracting evil spirits." Qin Liuxi looked at him and said, "You should be thankful that Jade Mist’s output is low. Otherwise, large batches going out and being consud would cause a lot of trouble."
Sweat finally dripped from Li Xuefu’s forehead.
"These are tea leaves from the year before last, so last year’s must be..."
Qin Liuxi said, "Didn’t you say last year you barely managed to supply any? The quantity was low, so probably no one was gifted any. If it were the Saint himself, with Dragon Qi protection, it would be difficult for evil energy to invade."
Li Xuefu exhaled a breath of relief. Before he could smile, Qin Liuxi continued, "If he gifted the tea leaves to a concubine or a minister, and their fortune isn’t good, then... they’ll have to fend for themselves."
Li Xuefu: "!"
This was as severe as being sliced to death.
With a trepidatious heart, they arrived at the tea mountain. As soon as they got off the carriage, Qin Liuxi frowned.
This is a huge problem!
What did the Li ancestors do for the resentful energy to spread across the entire tea mountain?
Fei Xu also noticed and snorted, "Greedy as a snake swallowing an elephant describes people like you. To get rich, you had no bottom line. No wonder your descendants have to suffer."
As soon as Li Xuefu got off the carriage, he shivered all over. Hearing Fei Xu’s disdain and contempt, he didn’t dare make a sound like a quail.
Qin Liuxi looked at Li Xuefu and said, "Your Li family must be prepared for downfall. Additionally, the entire tea mountain is covered with resentful energy; don’t allow anyone here for now."
Li Xuefu was greatly shocked.
Qin Liuxi went straight up the mountain, heading to where the resentful energy was concentrated. She only stopped halfway to investigate the feng shui of the area, discovering that the mountain is a land of great feng shui good fortune.
This mountainous area is blessed with the spirit of Zhongyue Ridge and beautiful landscapes. If used as a favorable burial site, it could bring prosperity and wealth, with dragons entering the array. But the Li family planted tea trees instead.
However, even if tea was planted, in such a feng shui auspicious place, common people could still get rich.
Unfortunately, as Fei Xu said, greedy as a snake swallowing an elephant, the Li family overreached and did things they shouldn’t have.
"These are the few old tea trees we have," Li Xuefu said, trembling, unsure of how Qin Liuxi knew the direction of the tea trees, as he pointed to the greenhouse beside her.
Qin Liuxi looked at the three already wilting tea trees and said, "The tea trees are beyond saving. Remove this greenhouse and have soone bring a shovel to dig up the trees."
Li Xuefu instinctively looked at those old tea trees. He hadn’t visited them for a while, and they beca more withered, with roots turning slightly black. It was clear they were beyond saving.
How did this happen?
She said to dig up the trees, so is sothing really buried underneath?
Li Xuefu stumbled as he went to summon people.
Qin Liuxi watched as resentful energy continuously erged from beneath the tea trees, spreading outward, and she calculated silently.
After a mont, she sneered, "The saying ’Heaven is watching what people do’ is truly correct; one must bear the consequences of one’s own sins."
Fei Xu asked, "Is there an array set here?"
Qin Liuxi nodded, "It seems to be an Array to stimulate vital energy. Now the array is broken, the vital energy transford into resentful energy, spreading and causing the backlash."
Fei Xu lifted the greenhouse, walked up to the tea trees, and with a wave of his sleeve, dispersed the resentful energy trying to invade him, then looked at the roots of the old tea trees and said, "The roots have been corrupted by resentful energy; it’s no wonder they’re withering."
When Li Xuefu returned with the people, he paused when he heard this and approached Qin Liuxi, saying, "Temple master, I’ve brought the people."
Qin Liuxi glanced at those present, pulled out a stack of yellow paper, quickly drew a few peace charms, handed one to each person, and then drew an Evil Exorcism Talisman. Once she waved it, the talisman paper ignited without fire, fell to the ground near the old tea tree, dispersing much of the resentful energy, preventing it from gathering again.
Everyone witnessed this scene and exchanged bewildered glances, feeling a chill in their hearts, instinctively looking at Li Xuefu.
Is this going to be a ghost hunt to drive away evil?
Is the tea plantation haunted?
Li Xuefu said with a serious expression, "No one is to spread word of today’s events; afterward, you’ll all be compensated."
The old tea tree was uprooted by Qin Liuxi without much effort, leaving everyone dumbfounded.
What kind of innate divine power is this?
Fei Xu said, "No need for you to do such rough work; let try."
He cast a Demon Art, and before everyone’s eyes, two small whirlwinds enveloped a tea tree and lifted it.
The crowd holding shovels gasped in amazent; is this the legendary Spell?
Fei Xu smugly snorted, you mortals, bow before !
Qin Liuxi rolled her eyes at him, then gazed at the old tea tree in the center that had been uprooted. Suddenly her expression sharpened as the finger-thick roots unveiled a skull, seemingly pierce through, as if the tea tree had grown from the skull, hideously terrifying.
Soone else saw it and imdiately let out a horrific scream, running backward: "Oh no, it’s a human head, the tea tree grew from a human head!"
"Nonsense, tea trees grow from human heads!" another person also retreated in fear.
Li Xuefu plopped down onto the ground, his vision going dark. God, there really was sothing—the head of a human.
There’s a dead body buried beneath the tea tree.
Ancestors, what have you done?
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